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Sublethal high hydrostatic pressure treatment reveals the importance of genes coding cytoskeletal protein in Escherichia coli morphogenesis.
Current microbiology - 1 Nov 2013
Abe Atsumu, Furukawa Soichi, Migita Yuya, Tanaka Motoharu, Ogihara Hirokazu, Morinaga Yasushi
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We studied morphologic changes after sublethal high hydrostatic pressure treatment (HPT) of Escherichia coli K-12 strains in which genes related to the cytoskeleton, cell wall, and cell division had been deleted. Some long filamentous and swelling cells were observed in wild-type bacteria, while some spherical, branched, or collapsed cells were observed in deletion mutants. In particular, ΔzapA and ΔrodZ showed...
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